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Home Network Problem

jimhaynes

Posted 24 June 2005 - 06:42 PM

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I have 4 computers on a home network all running Windows XP. On 3 of the 4 computers I can see all the computers when I go to Network Places > View Workgroup Computers. However when I click on the icon for one of the computers, xxx, I get a message, “xxx is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.” When try the same thing from computer xxx, I get a message that I don’t have permission to access the work group.
1. All the computers have the same work group name.
2. I have turn of ZoneAlarm, and the Window Firewall on computer xxx.
3. File and Printer sharing in on.
4. I can ping computer xxx OK.
I can see the file and folders on all the other computers from each other without any problem. Only computer xxx is not accessible in or out. I can only view the icon for this computer as stated above.
What am I missing?

Guest_Tony_*

Posted 25 June 2005 - 05:27 AM

jimhaynes

Posted 25 June 2005 - 05:47 AM

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I ran the Wizard again and when I try and view the work group, I get a message that WORKGROUP is not available and I may not have permission. From other computers in the work group I can see each other but even computer xxx, but when I click on xxx icon I get the permission error.

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Guest_Tony_*

Posted 25 June 2005 - 06:27 AM

jimhaynes

Posted 25 June 2005 - 06:58 AM

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Yes, all the other computers can see and access files on each other. It is only this one computer that has the problem. I can ping computer xxx, the problem computer, from any other computer on the network.

Guest_Tony_*

Posted 25 June 2005 - 07:24 AM

jimhaynes

Posted 25 June 2005 - 07:47 AM

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The problem computer is a year old Dell X300 laptop with a Dell wireless card and a Broadcom 570 Integrated Network card. I am just using the wireless card as this computer is not hard wired into my Home Network. My daughter does plug in an Ethernet cable when she takes this computer to college. When I run the Network Setup Wizard, it shows that this card is disconnected, and I check the option to ignore. Everything appears normal in Divice Manager. The wireless card is operating properly and I can access the Internet over my wireless router.